[Tea's X-cellent adventure Tea Leoni has her husband David Duchovny seeing double when she gueststars in a special edition of The X Files *page 46*]

That's not Scully, that's my wife!

By Steve Hardy/Celebritest Transcribed by [DX_FiLES_CHiCK]

David Duchovny directs his wife Tea Leoni in a very special episode of The X Files

ACTOR and mother Tea Leoni is getting back to work the easy way - by combining work and family. Tea (right) appears in this week's special episode of Network Ten's The X Files, directed by her husband David Duchovny!

In the episode, titled "Holloywood A.D.", Tea plays Gillian Anderson's character Dana Scully, while David's character Fox Mulder is played by his friend, comedian Garry Shandling (facing page, bottom, far left, with Tea, fellow guest star Wayne Federman, David and Gillian). David even directs a love scene between Tea and Garry!

"Hollywood's a sick place, isn't it?" he says. "Actually, I was more worried about getting the shot right than anything else."

Last year, Tea became a mum for the first time when she gave birth to daughter Madelaine West. To complete the perfect picture, the family shares a $US2.9 million home in L.A's exclusive beachside Malibu which features four bedrooms, a pool, gardens and a stairway to the beach. She admits that it's such a haven they need no other place to hoilday.

The 34-year-old star and her 39-year-old husband are a great match. They met about eight years ago on a spilt interview for an appearance on US TV night-time institution The Tonight Show.

"If you're not quite famous enough to be asked to appear on the show the have to go to lunch and show the producers that you've got something," Tea explains.

"Normally, you do it one-on-one with the producers from the show, but they asked if I wouldn't mind splitting it with another actor. I said, 'Yeah, that's OK, no problem'. I asked who it was and they told me David. "It was one of the worst lunches of my life, but not because of David," she continues. "It was the producers and how uncomfortable they made me...I wouldn't recognize them now, and I wouldn't care."

As she and David left lunch that day, Tea didn't realize that it would be almost five years before she set eyes on him again. "this is where the story gets a whole less romantic." she laughs. "We had same agent, and she suggested that David and I had a great deal in common and maybe would enjoy a date together. And we did. Isn't that awful?" Their agent-turned-matchmaker obviously knew her clients well. Both were born and raised in New York, attended prestigious schools and are heavily into education.

"We're cerebral characters trapped inside wild, creatively twisted souls," Tea says.

She and David began eating at romantic restaurants and making out to her favorite song - Ready For Love by Bad Company.

"Have you heard it? You'll see!" she recommends to others who might be looking for similar romantic vibes.

"David was accused [by the tabloids] of being a sex addict at the time, which I always found very exciting!"

After a four-month courtship, they were married on May 6, 1997 in a secret 20-mintue marriage and Tea's second - she was married from 1992 to 1995 to Los Angeles advertising executive Neil Tardio.

Following an initial burst of publicity from the world press, interest in the newlyweds quickly quieted down. "That was a delightful time, even though David and I were working very hard," Tea remembers. "The press left us alone...and then they came back. "I had lots of false-pregnancy stories.

According to one magazine, I must have been pregnant for 12 months! There was also the 'stalkerazzi', so when I was actually pregnant I decided to be protective of my space and privacy."

Tea's appearance in The X Files marks her return to an acting career that includes roles in the films A League Of Their Own, Wyatt Earp, Bad Boys, Flirting With Disaster and Deep Impact.

However, she remains best known for her comedy roles such as The Naked Truth, the 1990's sitcom that shot her to fame.

"David has a great sense of humor, too," she adds. "Humor is so important." Being faithful to each other also has it's place. "Monogamy is a powerful thing." Tea believes. "That intimacy and trust means so much, and really keeps the spark alive".

"David and I once tried making love in a sauna, and I was shaking and dehydrated afterwards. We were ill for about 24 hours. How stupid is that?"